May 14, 2012
jaymug:

Fall seven times, stand up eight - Japanese proverb.

jaymug:

Fall seven times, stand up eight - Japanese proverb.

March 9, 2012
barackobama:

The news out of the BLS this morning: two years of growth. Hashtag: progress.

barackobama:

The news out of the BLS this morning: two years of growth. Hashtag: progress.

March 4, 2012
"People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are ‘The Advertisers’ and they are laughing at you."

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February 29, 2012

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February 5, 2012
Kindle

Kindle

February 2, 2012
jaymug:

Don´t give up what you want most, for what you want now

jaymug:

Don´t give up what you want most, for what you want now

December 30, 2011
good:

New Yorkers have the highest life expectancy in the nation. Why? They smoke less, walk more, and have more friends and neighbors. And because of a bunch of other reasons. Guess it’s time to put those “urban health penalty” myths to rest.

good:

New Yorkers have the highest life expectancy in the nation. Why? They smoke less, walk more, and have more friends and neighbors. And because of a bunch of other reasons. Guess it’s time to put those “urban health penalty” myths to rest.

December 24, 2011
"We’re on I-95, and she unhooks the pole, and she’s holding the morphine bag over her head with her gown that’s flying up in the air so you could see her entire naked, bony body with the morphine bag whipping in the wind, and we’re passing by these guys in their Lamborghinis, and I’m looking at them like, What the hell kind of life are you living? Look at me, I’m on top of the world here. And that was the last thing I did with her. And I feel so blessed and lucky, you know what I mean? You can’t ask for a better moment and memory than that."

The Lives They Lived - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Go read this, it’s wonderful.

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December 3, 2011
West Wing Report: Real Spending Cuts? Americans Say No Thanks

westwingreport:

By now the sound of metal on asphalt is well known to Americans. It’s the sound of the can being kicked down the road by our feckless lawmakers. The latest can to be booted, of course, is that $1.2 trillion in debt reduction the super committee was supposed to have come up with by…

November 25, 2011

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